Barium enema

Question 1

AP oblique that best demonstrates hepatic flexure + ascending colon?

Answer 1

LPO

Question 2

PA oblique that best demonstrates hepatic flexure + ascending colon?

Answer 2

RAO

Question 3

AP oblique that demonstrates splenic flexure + descending colon?

Answer 3

RPO

Question 4

PA oblique that best demonstrates the splenic flexure + descending colon?

Answer 4

LAO

Question 5

Which decubitus position best shows air in the splenic flexure + descending colon?

Answer 5

right lateral decubitus

Question 6

Which decubitus position best shows air in the hepatic flexure + ascending colon?

Answer 6

left lateral decubitus

Question 6

Which decubitus position best shows air in the posterior rectum?

Answer 6

ventral decubitus ulcer

Question 7

What is the CR for LAO + RAO?

Answer 7

CR at crest + 1 inch toward upside
14 x 17 portrait *

Question 8

What is the CR for ventral decubitus?
What are we marking?
What is the collimation?

Answer 8

CR at ASIS + down mid-coronal plane Marking side closest to IR
10 x 12 *

Question 9

What is the CR for left + right lateral decubitus?
What are we marking?

Answer 9

CR at crest + down mid-sagittal plane
Marking side up
14 x 17 portrait *